Make your own Cemetery |
 Make your own headstones:
This is the foundation of your cemetery. The headstones sold at some stores
are light and small. Making your own realistic looking tombstones
for Halloween isn't difficult or expensive. Just click here to see
how to build your own grave stones using Styrofoam. Build
your own Grave Stones. Ideas for
Funny Stone Names |
Bats:
A rubber bat suspended from a string will seem to move in
the air as people walk by it. Attach a string to bats and hang from
a tree. You wont believe the look on your quests startled faces. |
 Birds:Add an artificial blackbird, crow, raven or even a vulture to the
top of your homemade gravestones where they can sit and watch your guests arrive.
You can find them at most arts and crafts stores and at party stores around
Halloween time. |
 Escape from the grave:
This shows a rubber arm from a party store. But, you can make your own
with a glove and old shirt sleeve. Sew a glove to the sleeve of an old shirt.
Fill the glove & sleeve with fiber fill. Insert
a stick in it. Stand the sleeve in the ground near a gravestone. |
Fence:
A fence for your graveyard is a nice touch. You don't have
to be a carpenter. In fact, the more rickety the the fence the better,
use old junk wood because it looks better. Offset the slats in your
fence. Paint with antique white and add a bit of gray and black. You
could also use the plastic fence sections they sell at garden shops
for flower beds. |
Freshly dug grave:
Spreading fresh soil in front of the grave stones gives the appearance
of a freshly dug grave. Or spread some dark wood mulch on top. The
mulch looks just like fresh soil. When Halloween is over, use the
mulch around some trees or shrubs. |
Ghoul:Give the appearance of a ghoul rising out of the ground. This was made
by placing a rubber mask and hands left over from last halloween in the ground
like this. Scatter some fresh soil around our friend. Placing stones in the
mask and hands prevents them from blowing away. |
 Illuminating the gravestones:
To illuminate the gravestones in your yard cut a rectangle out of the
back of a real or fake pumpkin, put a light inside the pumpkin and place it
in front of the tombstones. Use glow sticks instead of candles as they are much
safer and last for hours. They create an eerie glow that lights up the stones. |
Skeleton:If your graveyard lacks a formal cemetery greeter why not add a plastic
skeleton to your home made graveyard where it can sit and greet your visitors
and cheer them up. Available at most party stores. |
 Rubber Rat:
Place a rubber mouse or rat on top of the gravestones you made for a
frightening effect. |
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